Grade boundaries

Cambridge Cambridge IGCSE Chinese - First Language 0509 grade boundaries

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Cambridge IGCSE Chinese - First Language 0509

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The boundaries

June 2026 · whole subject

Grade	Needs
A*	87%
A	77%
B	67%
C	60%
D	47%
E	37%
F	27%
G	17%

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Marks for each grade in June 2026

In total (11, 21)

95 out of 120 on Cambridge 0509 (11, 21) in total was a grade A* in June 2026.
87 out of 120 on Cambridge 0509 (11, 21) in total was a grade A in June 2026.
79 out of 120 on Cambridge 0509 (11, 21) in total was a grade B in June 2026.
71 out of 120 on Cambridge 0509 (11, 21) in total was a grade C in June 2026.
56 out of 120 on Cambridge 0509 (11, 21) in total was a grade D in June 2026.
42 out of 120 on Cambridge 0509 (11, 21) in total was a grade E in June 2026.
28 out of 120 on Cambridge 0509 (11, 21) in total was a grade F in June 2026.
14 out of 120 on Cambridge 0509 (11, 21) in total was a grade G in June 2026.

In total (12, 22)

95 out of 120 on Cambridge 0509 (12, 22) in total was a grade A* in June 2026.
87 out of 120 on Cambridge 0509 (12, 22) in total was a grade A in June 2026.
79 out of 120 on Cambridge 0509 (12, 22) in total was a grade B in June 2026.
71 out of 120 on Cambridge 0509 (12, 22) in total was a grade C in June 2026.
56 out of 120 on Cambridge 0509 (12, 22) in total was a grade D in June 2026.
42 out of 120 on Cambridge 0509 (12, 22) in total was a grade E in June 2026.
28 out of 120 on Cambridge 0509 (12, 22) in total was a grade F in June 2026.
14 out of 120 on Cambridge 0509 (12, 22) in total was a grade G in June 2026.

In total (13, 23)

93 out of 120 on Cambridge 0509 (13, 23) in total was a grade A* in June 2026.
85 out of 120 on Cambridge 0509 (13, 23) in total was a grade A in June 2026.
77 out of 120 on Cambridge 0509 (13, 23) in total was a grade B in June 2026.
69 out of 120 on Cambridge 0509 (13, 23) in total was a grade C in June 2026.
54 out of 120 on Cambridge 0509 (13, 23) in total was a grade D in June 2026.
39 out of 120 on Cambridge 0509 (13, 23) in total was a grade E in June 2026.
26 out of 120 on Cambridge 0509 (13, 23) in total was a grade F in June 2026.
13 out of 120 on Cambridge 0509 (13, 23) in total was a grade G in June 2026.

In total (50)

78 out of 90 on Cambridge 0509 (50) in total was a grade A* in June 2026.
69 out of 90 on Cambridge 0509 (50) in total was a grade A in June 2026.
60 out of 90 on Cambridge 0509 (50) in total was a grade B in June 2026.
51 out of 90 on Cambridge 0509 (50) in total was a grade C in June 2026.
42 out of 90 on Cambridge 0509 (50) in total was a grade D in June 2026.
33 out of 90 on Cambridge 0509 (50) in total was a grade E in June 2026.
24 out of 90 on Cambridge 0509 (50) in total was a grade F in June 2026.
15 out of 90 on Cambridge 0509 (50) in total was a grade G in June 2026.

Every paper in June 2026

Every series

5 series, newest first. Each mark is the least that reaches the grade, out of the total under the column’s name.

June 2026

From Cambridge’s grade boundaries for June 2026: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subject (11, 21)out of 120	Whole subject (12, 22)out of 120	Whole subject (13, 23)out of 120	Whole subject (50)out of 90	0509/11out of 60	0509/12out of 60	0509/13out of 60	0509/21out of 50	0509/22out of 50	0509/23out of 50	0509/50out of 90
A*	95	95	93	78	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
A	87	87	85	69	41	41	39	38	38	38	69
B	79	79	77	60	39	39	37	33	33	33	60
C	71	71	69	51	37	37	35	28	28	28	51
D	56	56	54	42	30	30	28	22	22	22	42
E	42	42	39	33	23	23	20	16	16	16	33
F	28	28	26	24	15	15	13	11	11	11	24
G	14	14	13	15	7	7	6	6	6	6	15

June 2025

From Cambridge’s grade boundaries for June 2025: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subject (11, 21)out of 120	Whole subject (12, 22)out of 120	Whole subject (13, 23)out of 120	0509/11out of 60	0509/12out of 60	0509/13out of 60	0509/21out of 50	0509/22out of 50	0509/23out of 50
A*	98	98	96	–	–	–	–	–	–
A	89	89	87	43	43	41	38	38	38
B	80	80	78	40	40	38	33	33	33
C	71	71	69	37	37	35	28	28	28
D	56	56	54	30	30	28	22	22	22
E	42	42	39	23	23	20	16	16	16
F	28	28	26	15	15	13	11	11	11
G	14	14	13	7	7	6	6	6	6

June 2024

From Cambridge’s grade boundaries for June 2024: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subject (12, 22)out of 120	Whole subject (13, 23)out of 120	0509/12out of 60	0509/13out of 60	0509/22out of 50	0509/23out of 50
A*	97	97	–	–	–	–
A	87	87	41	41	38	38
B	77	77	37	37	33	33
C	67	67	33	33	28	28
D	53	53	27	27	22	22
E	40	40	21	21	16	16
F	26	26	13	13	11	11
G	12	12	5	5	6	6

June 2023

From Cambridge’s grade boundaries for June 2023: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subject (12, 22)out of 120	Whole subject (13, 23)out of 120	0509/12out of 60	0509/13out of 60	0509/22out of 50	0509/23out of 50
A*	94	95	–	–	–	–
A	84	85	38	39	38	38
B	74	75	34	35	33	33
C	65	65	31	31	28	28
D	51	51	25	25	22	22
E	38	38	19	19	16	16
F	26	26	13	13	11	11
G	14	14	7	7	6	6

June 2022

From Cambridge’s grade boundaries for June 2022: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subject (11, 21)out of 120	Whole subject (12, 22)out of 120	Whole subject (13, 23)out of 120	Whole subject (50)out of 90	0509/11out of 60	0509/12out of 60	0509/13out of 60	0509/21out of 50	0509/22out of 50	0509/23out of 50	0509/50out of 90
A*	88	88	88	70	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
A	78	78	78	61	34	34	34	37	37	37	61
B	68	68	68	52	31	31	31	31	31	31	52
C	58	58	58	44	27	27	27	26	26	26	44
D	46	46	46	35	22	22	22	20	20	20	35
E	34	34	34	26	16	16	16	15	15	15	26
F	23	23	23	18	11	11	11	10	10	10	18
G	12	12	12	10	6	6	6	5	5	5	10

Questions

Which series of Cambridge Cambridge IGCSE Chinese - First Language 0509 grade boundaries are there?

5 series, from June 2022 to June 2026: June 2026, June 2025, June 2024, June 2023 and June 2022.

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A series, or the safe rule

A paper is graded against the boundaries of the series it was sat in. Choose that series and the grade is the one the board’s boundaries gave that sitting. Where a series published more than one set of boundaries for the whole subject, one for each combination of papers, each grade takes the highest of them, and the line under the grade says so.

The safe rule is for a mark with no series of its own, such as a mock. For each grade it takes the highest boundary in the board’s most recent summer series, up to three of them and leaving out 2020 to 2022, or the course’s main series where it has no summer one. A grade it gives would have been enough in each of them. The line under the grade names the series it counted.

In the app you log a paper in one line, or question by question where asterisk has its questions, and each grade comes from these same boundaries. Open the app.

Not here

CCEA, AS level, IB and AP: the app holds no grade boundaries for them, so they are not offered.

Where these numbers come from

Boards publish their grade boundaries after each series, and that is all this page holds: each grade’s boundary mark and what the subject or paper is out of, as the board printed them. The papers stay on the boards’ own sites; nothing here reproduces a question or a mark scheme.

Grade	Whole subject (11, 21)out of 120	Whole subject (12, 22)out of 120	Whole subject (13, 23)out of 120	Whole subject (50)out of 90	0509/11out of 60	0509/12out of 60	0509/13out of 60	0509/21out of 50	0509/22out of 50	0509/23out of 50	0509/50out of 90
A*	95	95	93	78	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
A	87	87	85	69	41	41	39	38	38	38	69
B	79	79	77	60	39	39	37	33	33	33	60
C	71	71	69	51	37	37	35	28	28	28	51
D	56	56	54	42	30	30	28	22	22	22	42
E	42	42	39	33	23	23	20	16	16	16	33
F	28	28	26	24	15	15	13	11	11	11	24
G	14	14	13	15	7	7	6	6	6	6	15

Grade	Whole subject (11, 21)out of 120	Whole subject (12, 22)out of 120	Whole subject (13, 23)out of 120	0509/11out of 60	0509/12out of 60	0509/13out of 60	0509/21out of 50	0509/22out of 50	0509/23out of 50
A*	98	98	96	–	–	–	–	–	–
A	89	89	87	43	43	41	38	38	38
B	80	80	78	40	40	38	33	33	33
C	71	71	69	37	37	35	28	28	28
D	56	56	54	30	30	28	22	22	22
E	42	42	39	23	23	20	16	16	16
F	28	28	26	15	15	13	11	11	11
G	14	14	13	7	7	6	6	6	6

Grade	Whole subject (12, 22)out of 120	Whole subject (13, 23)out of 120	0509/12out of 60	0509/13out of 60	0509/22out of 50	0509/23out of 50
A*	97	97	–	–	–	–
A	87	87	41	41	38	38
B	77	77	37	37	33	33
C	67	67	33	33	28	28
D	53	53	27	27	22	22
E	40	40	21	21	16	16
F	26	26	13	13	11	11
G	12	12	5	5	6	6

Grade	Whole subject (12, 22)out of 120	Whole subject (13, 23)out of 120	0509/12out of 60	0509/13out of 60	0509/22out of 50	0509/23out of 50
A*	94	95	–	–	–	–
A	84	85	38	39	38	38
B	74	75	34	35	33	33
C	65	65	31	31	28	28
D	51	51	25	25	22	22
E	38	38	19	19	16	16
F	26	26	13	13	11	11
G	14	14	7	7	6	6

Grade	Whole subject (11, 21)out of 120	Whole subject (12, 22)out of 120	Whole subject (13, 23)out of 120	Whole subject (50)out of 90	0509/11out of 60	0509/12out of 60	0509/13out of 60	0509/21out of 50	0509/22out of 50	0509/23out of 50	0509/50out of 90
A*	88	88	88	70	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
A	78	78	78	61	34	34	34	37	37	37	61
B	68	68	68	52	31	31	31	31	31	31	52
C	58	58	58	44	27	27	27	26	26	26	44
D	46	46	46	35	22	22	22	20	20	20	35
E	34	34	34	26	16	16	16	15	15	15	26
F	23	23	23	18	11	11	11	10	10	10	18
G	12	12	12	10	6	6	6	5	5	5	10

Grade	Whole subject (11, 21)out of 120	Whole subject (12, 22)out of 120	Whole subject (13, 23)out of 120	Whole subject (50)out of 90	0509/11out of 60	0509/12out of 60	0509/13out of 60	0509/21out of 50	0509/22out of 50	0509/23out of 50	0509/50out of 90
A*	95	95	93	78	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
A	87	87	85	69	41	41	39	38	38	38	69
B	79	79	77	60	39	39	37	33	33	33	60
C	71	71	69	51	37	37	35	28	28	28	51
D	56	56	54	42	30	30	28	22	22	22	42
E	42	42	39	33	23	23	20	16	16	16	33
F	28	28	26	24	15	15	13	11	11	11	24
G	14	14	13	15	7	7	6	6	6	6	15

Grade	Whole subject (11, 21)out of 120	Whole subject (12, 22)out of 120	Whole subject (13, 23)out of 120	0509/11out of 60	0509/12out of 60	0509/13out of 60	0509/21out of 50	0509/22out of 50	0509/23out of 50
A*	98	98	96	–	–	–	–	–	–
A	89	89	87	43	43	41	38	38	38
B	80	80	78	40	40	38	33	33	33
C	71	71	69	37	37	35	28	28	28
D	56	56	54	30	30	28	22	22	22
E	42	42	39	23	23	20	16	16	16
F	28	28	26	15	15	13	11	11	11
G	14	14	13	7	7	6	6	6	6

Grade	Whole subject (12, 22)out of 120	Whole subject (13, 23)out of 120	0509/12out of 60	0509/13out of 60	0509/22out of 50	0509/23out of 50
A*	97	97	–	–	–	–
A	87	87	41	41	38	38
B	77	77	37	37	33	33
C	67	67	33	33	28	28
D	53	53	27	27	22	22
E	40	40	21	21	16	16
F	26	26	13	13	11	11
G	12	12	5	5	6	6

Grade	Whole subject (12, 22)out of 120	Whole subject (13, 23)out of 120	0509/12out of 60	0509/13out of 60	0509/22out of 50	0509/23out of 50
A*	94	95	–	–	–	–
A	84	85	38	39	38	38
B	74	75	34	35	33	33
C	65	65	31	31	28	28
D	51	51	25	25	22	22
E	38	38	19	19	16	16
F	26	26	13	13	11	11
G	14	14	7	7	6	6

Grade	Whole subject (11, 21)out of 120	Whole subject (12, 22)out of 120	Whole subject (13, 23)out of 120	Whole subject (50)out of 90	0509/11out of 60	0509/12out of 60	0509/13out of 60	0509/21out of 50	0509/22out of 50	0509/23out of 50	0509/50out of 90
A*	88	88	88	70	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
A	78	78	78	61	34	34	34	37	37	37	61
B	68	68	68	52	31	31	31	31	31	31	52
C	58	58	58	44	27	27	27	26	26	26	44
D	46	46	46	35	22	22	22	20	20	20	35
E	34	34	34	26	16	16	16	15	15	15	26
F	23	23	23	18	11	11	11	10	10	10	18
G	12	12	12	10	6	6	6	5	5	5	10